It was a no contest in the 1st semi-finals of the IPL and was a disappointing display by the Delhi Daredeviles. Nothing much to write about the match, it was some brilliant performance from the hard hitting Rajasthan batsmen combined with disciplined bowling and some brilliant catching made it too easy for the Rajsthan to win the game.Delhi lost the game half way into the first session, they were not in control of the bowling and dropped some simple chances which did no good to the team to fight back. As usual Sehwag failed to fire in the crunch games and the team never looked to give a fight from the dismissal of Gambhir.
Shane Watson is having a dream run in the IPL and playing his best cricket ever. He has been consistent with the bat and the ball and the confidence is translated to the other members of the team with some great motivation from the coach and captain Warne. They combine so well as a team that it seems that they cannot go wrong. The Wankade pitch was playing true and the ball came on to the bat nicely and the hard hitting batsmen took total advantage of the same and made merry with some great hits from Shane Watson and Y.Pathan.
No prediction or gut feel :-) for today's 2nd semi-finals, from the overall performances in the league stage Punjab starts as favorites. Chennai has a slight psychological advantage of winning both the games in the league stage but Punjab has played some good cricket since then. Punjab has a very strong batting line up and with S.Marsh going great guns, it takes some miraculous performance from the Chennai to win this contest. I wish the 2nd semi-finals is closely contested and not like the disappointing 1st semi-finals.
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